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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

October New Moon Swale Building

This beautiful Autumnal day was just perfect to create swales and a huglekultur bed in Oakland.

The scene this morning.

This is a long back yard with a gentle slope. Approx. 140 x 60.
No irrigation.
A wild area with running Bamboo and Fennel at the back.
A useful live oak.
A few fruit trees.

The intention is to create rainwater harvesting swales which also serve as pathways.

Remove a couple of old trees.

Bury the Fennel and Bamboo plus other trimmings in a Huglekultur bed.

Create topographical interest and avoid straight lines.

Create planting areas for vegetables and perennials.

We called 811 for a survey and there were on utilities on this part of the lot.

We love that !

After stripping out the Bamboo and Fennel we dug a large hole at the back of the lot.

Green material and roots fill the hole in a lasagna like layering with soil.

Meet
and hear fascinating Matt Powers, nationally known permaculture expert
with certification in permaculture design from Geoff Lawton!, certified
high school teacher, author of The Permacultue Student, founder of The
Permaculture Life School in Sebastopol and The Permaculture Student
Online (www.thepermaculturestudent.com).
Matt will tell us about his experiences being trained and working with
worldwide reknown permaculture experts, permaculture farming and
gardening, and much more.

Agroecologist Bethallyn
Black will teach you how to plant cover crops in your backyard and
obtaining greater carbon sequestration in your soil. Cover crops support
beneficial insects such as bees.

Rex
Dufour a soil expert from NCAT/ATTRA and partner of the UC Berkeley's
Growing Roots grant, will lead a presentation for urban farmers on
Understanding Urban Farm Soils: Healthy soils, Soil Function and Soil
Testing. This workshop is geared towards beginning urban farmers with
less than ten years of experience who want to understand common problems
and solutions for dealing with urban soils. Rex will discuss how to
improve soil function, how to interpret a soil test and the different
types of soil testing that are important for urban farm plots.

We will have a bee expert explaining how you can help Save Our Bees!

Global Student Embassy will tell us about their international volunteer projects training new farmers.

Mike McGill, President of Central San Board will talk to us about the value of recycled water for agriculture and other uses.

Andrew
Sutherland, Ph.D. BCE, San Francisco Bay Area Urban Integrated Pest
Management Advisor University of California Cooperative Extension /
University of California Integrated Pest Management Statewide Program
will teach us IPM so that we can protect our environment and our bees.

We'll
have cover crop mix for first 200 attendees, compost, and you can pick
up CCCSD recycled water if you qualify. Recycled water is high in
nitrogen and phosphorus and you are eligible to get up to 300 gallons
per trip, if you live in the CCCSD district, Concord, or Clayton AND you
take short instructions to be certified. Check hours for pickup atwww.centralsan.org.Wear a HAT!!

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How can I help at CACG?

Thank you for considering offering help at our Permaculture based community garden.Saturday mornings were once the set time to meet and garden together.Recently many exciting projects in other places have directed me away from my regular Saturday morning time at CACG. This makes it hard to explain what we are doing and where we could use some help to a person new to the garden.I would like to schedule a larger Saturday work day soon as an introduction to the garden. One where we took on a specific project with an orientation to other opportunities that could be undertaken by an individual at any time during the week.I realize that I am not allowing much opportunity for outside help and am seeking to correct this.Meanwhile if you would like to talk about possible involvement and be updated on opportunities to participate please email me at:davidmudgegardens@yahoo.com

Thank you,

David

CROP SWAP

Share Your Surplus Veggies and Fruit

CACG Crop Swap

Crop Swapping at CACG.- When:The 4th Wednesday of Every Month.

- Next One: Nov. 25th 2015. Rain or Shine. The day before Thanksgiving!